# 1557 Union Street, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3013940077/1557-union-street-brooklyn).
BBL 3013940077 · BIN 3037505 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 39 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 8 apartments
- 9 of those issued in the last 3 years

Scale: low, moderate, high, severe. Set from open hazardous violations relative to building size, raised by distress signals (HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program, court harassment findings, evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, a sold tax lien). It describes the public record, not any one apartment.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 7 stabilized units for 2023, of about 8 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 7, 2019: 7, 2020: 7, 2021: 7, 2022: 7, 2023: 7.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1916, 4 floors, 8 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

164 open (class C immediately hazardous: 39, class B hazardous: 52, class A non-hazardous: 73); 275 on record.
9 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 11 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

4 active of 6 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

40 in the last 12 months; 87 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (27), DOOR/WINDOW (13), UNSANITARY CONDITION (11), PAINT/PLASTER (10), FLOORING/STAIRS (10).

## Bedbugs

6 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 0 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

7 cases on record, 0 open, 4 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 1557 U. STREET CORP
- Agent: SHAUL COHEN
- HeadOfficer: NEIL FRIEDFERTIG
- Officer: SHAUL COHEN
- SiteManager: ROBERT PINKLEY

The same owner is linked to 1 other building (NEIL FRIEDFERTIG at 283 KINGSTON AVE).

## Sources and limits

NYC Open Data (HPD, DOB, OATH/ECB, 311, DOF, PLUTO) and NYS DHCR building lists. This is a screening signal from public records, not legal advice; records lag and contain errors. Full interactive report with violation details and maps: https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3013940077/1557-union-street-brooklyn